Dima Bilan (Viktor Belan) was born on 24 December 1981 in Karachay-Cherkessia is a Russian pop artist of Karachay descent.

He graduated from Gnesins Musical College as a classical vocal performer. Dima made his debut when he reached fourth place at the Russian/Latvian festival "New Wave" in 2002.

In 2003, Dima Bilan released his debut album titled Nochnoy Huligan (Night Hooligan), which included covers of "Caruso" by Lucio Dalla and "Fever" by Elvis.

In 2004, he released his successful single "Na beregu neba," which was also the title of his second album.

In the middle of March 2006, Dima Bilan was chosen internally by the Russian broadcaster Channel One to have the honour of representing Russia at the biggest musical contest in the world, the Eurovision Song Contest, that year in Athens, Greece.

Dima represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with Never Let You Go, finishing second. He has several Russian #1 hits and now is intrested in making an international career for him self.